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King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard have announced not only details of Murder Of The Universe – the second of five albums set for release in 2017 – but also an epic, 13-minute film for ‘Chapter 3: Han-Tyumi And The Murder Of The Universe’. Oh, and a bunch of live dates too.
The album is scheduled for released on June 23, 2017 on Heavenly Recordings and follows the release of Flying Microtonal Banana in February.
According to the band, the album - which is apparently concerned with the downfall of man and the death of the planet - is broken down into three distinct chapters and contains a total of 21 tracks.
The track listing is:
The Tale Of The Altered Beast
1. A New World
2. Altered Beats I
3. Alter Me I
4. Altered Best II
5. Alter Me I
6. Altered Beast III
7. Alter Me III
8. Altered Beats IV
9. Life/Death
The Lord Of Lightening Vs. Balrog
10. Some Context
11. The Reticent Raconteur
12. The Lord Of Lightening
13. The Balrog
14. The Floating Fire
15. The Acrid Corpse
Han- Tyumi And The Murder Of The Universe
16. Welcome To An Altered Future
17. Digital Black
18. Han-Tyumi, The Confused Cyborg
19. Soy-Protein Munt Machine
20. Vomit Coffin
21. Murder Of The Universe
You can check out the video here:
Speaking of the album, singer-guitarist Stu Mackenzie said: “We’ve always thought of our albums as portals through which you can move from one to the other.
“Or maybe each album is a bridge to the next part of the story. Songs sync together, records can be played in loops and past ideas recur or are reprised, and then woven into new textures. These ideas aren’t necessarily contrived though... sometimes these just happen.”
And if all that wasn’t enough mind-melting and third-eye cleansing action for you, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard are set to play:
JUNE
03 Field Day Festival, London
13 Concorde 2, Brighton
14 Albert Hall, Manchester
15 The Forum, London
25 Glastonbury Festival, Pilton
